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To: Dave who wrote (62713)	11/7/2001 9:37:01 PM
From: Bill Fischofer	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Can't think of even one? Here's why. There are zero allegations of direct consumer harm in any of the court documents, much less attempts to quantify those harms. The best you'll come up with is vague concerns that somehow consumers "overpaid" for Windows 95. All hypothetical and theoretical as previously stated. Need more proof? Look at the proposed settlement and try to find the word "consumer" anywhere in it (except as part of the definition of an IAP). Nothing in the proposed settlement talks about consumers because consumers were never the subject of the dispute. Edit: I see in the revised settlement proposal "end users" must be provided with a means of deleting desktop icons and start menu entries and to select other programs than MSFT-supplied defaults. Every version of Windows has had this capability so I guess we can expect a new Wizard to show up for those who need extra help.

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